National Fraud in Brazilian Prepaid Mobile Lines
In 8th August 2012, TIM became involved in a massive scandal in Brazilian news after the release of report by the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency Anatel.
The report points that on TIM's prepaid voice plan (24.7% market share), called "Infinity" (in which the user pays roughly US$ 0.12 for each unlimited time call), the calls were intentionally dropped by the company, forcing the costumers to make (and pay) new calls to keep talking. In just one day, 8.1 million calls were dropped and the total profit was approximately US$ 2 million.
Upon release of the report, the Public Ministry of the Paraná State filled a lawsuit against TIM asking that it stop selling new mobile lines in Brazil and pay a multimillionaire fine for the damages against consumers.
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